Black Australorp Buff Orpington Cross

[LD Jackson]

I have been thinking about something and haven't seemed to be able to find a definitive answer. If I decided to cross a Black Australorp rooster and a Buff Orpington hen, would the chicks be able to be sexed shortly after birth, due to their coloring?

 

[Cowgirl71]

Black Australorp rooster x Buff Orpington hen = NOT a sexlink
Buff Orpington rooster x Black Australorp hen = IS a sexlink. Males mature to be white/black, females mature to be buff/black. However, the newly hatched chicks are hard to sex by color until their feathers start coming in.

Check out this BYC page for a TON of info about making sexlinks.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261208

Mr. Adkerson probably doesn't include the Buff Orpington x Black Australorp cross on his page because they are not a true sexlink, since the chicks can not be sexed by color at hatch.

 

[One of the girls]

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Exactly what you get. This hen comes from a BA hen and a BO rooster. The males of the hatch were white and black. Very lovely birds. All the girls are black and gold as the photo illustrates. Sorry, I didn't manage to photograph the roosters. I gave them away to a neighbor far out of town.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Does anyone have pictures of Buff Orpington Australorp cross chicks at 2 days old? I want to know if I have on.

The one with yellow face.

 

[ronniewayne]

I dont know about this way but my dad had some black austrolop hens with a buff orpington rooster ..and the roosters were silver marked and the hens gold...then grown the hens were like a black sex link with gold hackles ..the roo 's had silver hackles..

 

[WellDunnFarms]

What a beautiful white bird!!

 

[jgeer]

I could determine the gender of my BOxBA at hatch. The pullets had a gold chin whereas the roos we almost entirely black.

They are now 3 weeks old and very diferent in coloration.

all of the blackish ones are the crosses the others are cream legbars

 

[MysteryChicken]

I used to do that crossing a lot. They are real good birds with a unique patterning

I've seen those pictures, but do you have any pictures of the chicks at 3 days old?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Okay.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

We had an accidental cross this year of a Buff Orpington Bantam and a Black Orpington Bantam. Here is what it looks like. Its going to be dumplins in a few days, unless someone wants it. PM me if you do.